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Netherlands
2025

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Chemistry

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104
Citations
43544
World Ranking
1037
National Ranking
26

Biology and Biochemistry

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104
Citations
43264
World Ranking
1244
National Ranking
17

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2002 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Rienk van Grondelle is affiliated with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Physics and Astronomy.

Their work delves into diverse subfields such as Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, with interests also covering Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Materials Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Key topics explored in their research include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics research, 2D Materials and Applications, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Algal biology and biofuel production, and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry.

Their recent publications reflect a strong focus on photosynthesis, light harvesting, and related dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • Bioinspiration in light harvesting and catalysis, 2020, Nature Reviews Materials
  • Quieting a noisy antenna reproduces photosynthetic light-harvesting spectra, 2020, Science
  • Unraveling the Excited-State Dynamics and Light-Harvesting Functions of Xanthophylls in Light-Harvesting Complex II Using Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • A kaleidoscope of photosynthetic antenna proteins and their emerging roles, 2022, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Charge transfer states in phycobilisomes, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics

Their collaborations involve frequent co-authors including Nathaniel M. Gabor, Bruno Robert, Trevor Arp, Vivek Aji, and Simona Streckaitė.

Van Grondelle has contributed regularly to scientific journals such as Photosynthesis Research, arXiv (Cornell University), Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Nature Reviews Materials, with multiple publications in each venue.

Best Publications

  • Lessons from nature about solar light harvesting

    Gregory D. Scholes;Graham R. Fleming;Graham R. Fleming;Alexandra Olaya-Castro;Rienk van Grondelle

  • Global and target analysis of time-resolved spectra

    Ivo H.M. van Stokkum;Delmar S. Larsen;Rienk van Grondelle

  • Energy transfer and trapping in photosynthesis

    Rienk van Grondelle;Jan P. Dekker;Tomas Gillbro;Villy Sundstrom

  • Light Absorption and Energy Transfer in the Antenna Complexes of Photosynthetic Organisms.

    Tihana Mirkovic;Evgeny E. Ostroumov;Jessica M. Anna;Rienk van Grondelle

  • Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy: principles and application to photosynthetic systems.

    Rudi Berera;Rudi Berera;Rienk van Grondelle;John T. M. Kennis

  • Identification of a mechanism of photoprotective energy dissipation in higher plants

    Alexander V. Ruban;Rudi Berera;Cristian Ilioaia;Cristian Ilioaia;Ivo H. M. van Stokkum

  • Photosynthetic light-harvesting: Reconciling dynamics and structure of purple bacterial LH2 reveals function of photosynthetic unit

    V. Sundstrom;T. Pullerits;R. Van Grondelle

  • Using coherence to enhance function in chemical and biophysical systems

    Gregory D. Scholes;Graham R. Fleming;Lin X. Chen;Lin X. Chen;Alán Aspuru-Guzik

  • Quantum coherence in photosynthesis for efficient solar-energy conversion

    Elisabet Romero;Ramunas Augulis;Vladimir I. Novoderezhkin;Marco Ferretti

  • Estimation of protein secondary structure and error analysis from circular dichroism spectra.

    Ivo H.M. van Stokkum;Hans J.W. Spoelder;Michael Bloemendal;Rienk van Grondelle

  • Energy transfer in photosynthesis: experimental insights and quantitative models.

    Rienk van Grondelle;Vladimir I. Novoderezhkin

  • The native architecture of a photosynthetic membrane.

    Svetlana Bahatyrova;Raoul N. Frese;Raoul N. Frese;C. Alistair Siebert;John D. Olsen

  • Quantum design of photosynthesis for bio-inspired solar-energy conversion

    Elisabet Romero;Vladimir I. Novoderezhkin;Rienk van Grondelle

  • An unusual pathway of excitation energy deactivation in carotenoids: Singlet-to-triplet conversion on an ultrafast timescale in a photosynthetic antenna

    Claudiu C. Gradinaru;John T. M. Kennis;Emmanouil Papagiannakis;Ivo H. M. van Stokkum

  • A photoactive carotenoid protein acting as light intensity sensor

    Adjélé Wilson;Adjélé Wilson;Claire Punginelli;Claire Punginelli;Andrew Gall;Andrew Gall;Cosimo Bonetti

  • Superradiance and Exciton Delocalization in Bacterial Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Systems

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  • Excitation Transfer in the Core Light-Harvesting Complex (LH-1) of Rhodobacter sphaeroides: An Ultrafast Fluorescence Depolarization and Annihilation Study

    Stephen E. Bradforth;Ralph Jimenez;Frank van Mourik;Rienk van Grondelle

  • Excitation dynamics in the LHCII complex of higher plants: Modeling based on the 2.72 angstrom crystal structure

    Vladimir I Novoderezhkin;Miguel A Palacios;Herbert van Amerongen;Rienk van Grondelle

  • Physical origins and models of energy transfer in photosynthetic light-harvesting

    Vladimir I. Novoderezhkin;Rienk van Grondelle

  • Primary reactions of the LOV2 domain of phototropin, a plant blue-light photoreceptor.

    John T M Kennis;Sean Crosson;Magdalena Gauden;Ivo H M van Stokkum

  • A multimer model for P680, the primary electron donor of photosystem II.

    J. R. Durrant;D. R. Klug;S. L. S. Kwa;R. Van Grondelle

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivo H. M. van Stokkum
Ivo H. M. van Stokkum Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jan P. Dekker
Jan P. Dekker Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Herbert van Amerongen
Herbert van Amerongen Wageningen University & Research
John T. M. Kennis
John T. M. Kennis Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Richard J. Cogdell
Richard J. Cogdell University of Glasgow
Bruno Robert
Bruno Robert University of Paris-Saclay
Klaas J. Hellingwerf
Klaas J. Hellingwerf University of Amsterdam
Delmar S. Larsen
Delmar S. Larsen University of California, Davis
Roberta Croce
Roberta Croce Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
C. Neil Hunter
C. Neil Hunter University of Sheffield

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